Theater

MKE This Week: Summer Song and Dance
MKE This Week

Summer Song and Dance

Les Miz in Greendale, Soulstice rocks the schoolhouse, a big band recalls the Swing Era, Steely Dan honored at Peck Pavilion, two dance programs to choose from -- and Germanfest. NEW Thursday: Ticket giveaway inside!

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” goes Off the Wall

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” goes Off the Wall

Off the Wall Theatre has its wacky way with the vintage Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical.

Door Shakespeare offering comedy and tragedy up north

Door Shakespeare offering comedy and tragedy up north

The company, spun off of American Folklore Theater, has brought several Milwaukee actors north for "Love's Labours Lost" and "Macbeth."

MKE This Week: Starry Nights of Midsummer Culture
MKE This Week

Starry Nights of Midsummer Culture

Festa Italiana, Sunset Playhouse, Off the Wall Theatre, UWM Dance and the Wilson Center aren't taking the summer off.

The Alchemist’s “King Lear” a crowning achievement

The Alchemist’s “King Lear” a crowning achievement

Shakespeare's royal family tragedy is given a realistic, nuanced staging by director Leda Hoffmann and a talented cast of Alchemist regulars and guests alike.

Optimist Theater stages a transformative “As You Like It”

Optimist Theater stages a transformative “As You Like It”

Kadish Park may be where this year's Shakespeare in the Park show begins, but you leave this exquisite production from a veritable Forest of Arden.

Milwaukee doubles down on Shakespeare this weekend

Milwaukee doubles down on Shakespeare this weekend

Both Optimist Theatre and the Alchemist Theatre open works by the Bard this Friday, the first performing "As You Like It" and the second "King Lear."

MKE This Week: International Entertainment
MKE This Week

International Entertainment

Bastille Days begin in Cathedral Square, and the Bard himself, William Shakespeare, has two different plays opening this weekend.

Milwaukee Scribe: Journalism lesson and five more things
Milwaukee Scribe

Journalism lesson and five more things

"Rooftop Dances" revisited, Florentine's Weil Street Opera House, farewell Joe Aaron, Jason Seed Stringtet, a ballet retirement party, First Stage's Shakespeare.

MKE This Week: Summerfest starts on a high note
MKE This Week

Summerfest starts on a high note

The Big Gig begins Wednesday, with the Violent Femmes, fun., Pitbull and more at the Amphitheater, but classical musicians from the Florentine Opera and the Fine Arts Quartet perform too.

MKE This Week: A bit of everything
MKE This Week

A bit of everything

The Lakefront Festival of the Arts launches, a plethora of classical music, more Spring Green shows and Theatre Gigante brings an accordionist to Paddy's Pub.

Backstage with Mark Metcalf: Isabelle Kralj & Mark Anderson
Backstage with Mark Metcalf

Isabelle Kralj & Mark Anderson

In his last podcast before moving out west, Mark Metcalf talks to the minds behind Milwaukee's Theatre Gigante, a company unafraid to blend theater, dance and more.